Mark Lowenthal

Mark M. Lowenthal
Lowenthal's Government Executive portrait
Born (1948-09-05) September 5, 1948 (age 75)
NationalityAmerican
Education
OccupationNational Security Expert
TitleFormer Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis & Production
SuccessorMark Roth[1]

Mark M. Lowenthal (born September 5, 1948) is an author and Adjunct Professor at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD[2] He has written five books and over 90 articles or studies on intelligence and national security. His book Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy has become a standard undergraduate and graduate text.

In 2005, Lowenthal retired from a prolific career working with the United States Intelligence Community and a recognized national security affairs expert. Upon his retirement, he was commended for his work and commitment to the intelligence community by the New Jersey Congressman Rush D. Holt Jr., in the U.S. House of Representatives.[3]

He is the former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production and former Vice Chairman for Evaluation on the National Intelligence Council. He has also served in the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), as both an office director and as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.

Lowenthal is a notable contestant on the American game show Jeopardy!, appearing five times, including winning the "Tournament of Champions" in 1988.[4] In 1992, he co-wrote Secrets of the Jeopardy Champions, which was marketed as an instruction manual for prospective contestants of the trivia game show.[5]

  1. ^ "NIC Personnel". Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 2009-07-06. Archived from the original on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  2. ^ "Mark Lowenthal, Adjunct Faculty - Advanced Academic Programs - Johns Hopkins University". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Commending ADCI Mark Lowenthal on His Retirement". Federation of American Scientists. Archived from the original on 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  4. ^ "Mark Lowenthal". J! Archive. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  5. ^ Forrest, Chuck; and Lowenthal, Mark. Secrets of the Jeopardy Champions, Grand Central Publishing, 1992; ISBN 978-0-446-39352-2.

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